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from conservative turks. over the years he has become more and more authoritarian. after the coup the president, whose whereabouts are unknown, spoke to his cnn's turkish channel via facetime. [ non-english language ] >> the president blames what he is calling a minority in the armed forces for the coup and says he doesn't believe the coup's attempt will be successful. the question now is, what will the obama administration do? turkey is a member of nato and the u.s. has an air force base there. >> i hope there will be peace an continuity within turkey. but i have nothing to add with respect to what has happened. >> secretary of state john kerry not saying much. just a few minutes ago president obama released a statement calling on everyone
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to respect the democratically elect government and no bloodshed. the turkish military considered itself the guardian of turkish democracy and secular constitution. the president of turkey has given islam a prominent role in turkey and government over the last several years. and he has had a rocky relationship with the united states. we'll have much more on turkey coming up in the newscast. now to our other big story tonight. the latest information in the bastille day attack in nice, france. >> here's what we know so far. there are 84 dead including 10 children. a man to drove through a street last night is mohamed lahouaiej bouhlel a tunisian living in france. the french prime minister called the attack a work linked to radical islam. among the victims a father and son from texas, sean copeland and brodie were on a family vacation to the french riviera.
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and still missing is a 20-year- old uc-berkeley student who was in the crowd. family and friends tell cbs news that nick leslie was able to avoid being hit by the truck but he got lost in the chaos that followed. we have team coverage tonight. kpix 5's da lin is at uc- berkeley but we begin with cbs' jonathan vigliotti live in nice nice tonight. jonathan. >> reporter: isevening a portion of the promenade has been reopened. the investigation continues and there are several key questions. , among them, what was the motive? reporter: police towed away the truck that brought terror to the streets of nice. >> i seen one guy actually running sobbing crying, we seen people holding babies screaming. >> reporter: the truck plowed through hundreds of pedestrians
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who were watching the fireworks on the city's main promenade. police killed the driver after he started shooting at them. >> he was trying to shoot the police to defend himself and the police started shooting and at that time, they pushed me away. >> reporter: the man behind the wheel was mohamed lahouaiej bouhlel a 31-year-old born in tunisia. he was not on any terror watch list and only had small run-ins with police including a road rage conviction. neighbors say the father of three was getting divorced and was recently fired from his job. french president francois hollande says dozens of people are in critical condition. among the victims, an american father and son, 51-year-old sean copeland and 11-year-old brodie, from the austin, texas area. >> bouhlel's father who lives in tunisia says his son was not religious and had depression. president obama spoke about the deadly attack from the white house. >> it's not just the united states of america but the
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entire world that stands in solidarity with the people of france during this difficult time. >> reporter: there will be vigils and rallies held throughout the weekend as france marks three days of national mourning beginning tomorrow. and the u.s. government source tells cbs news bouhlel does not appear to have any clear links to terrorism. thank you. >> da lin at cal tonight with more on the missing student. >> reporter: a lot of people are out looking not missing student nick leslie. three other students were also injured while running away from the attack. friends say the last time they saw 20-year-old nick leslie he was running away from the truck barreling through crowds of people. they think he got away but no one has seen him since. >> i think it's best that we
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just stay positive and stay optimistic because nick is a very smart guy. >> reporter: teddy is nick's good friend and former roommate. he is interning in singapore this summer but trying to do everything on social media to help find his buddy. >> we're not, you know -- we are trying to stay positive but like i said it's been a while. >> reporter: nick is one of 85 uc-berkeley students studying abroad in nice, france. he and his friends were out celebrating when the attack happened. uc-berkeley says two other students have broken legs, a third student had a broken foot. diane wang is the student with the broken foot. she was running away from the attack. >> she told me that during the incident, she -- i guess in all the chaos she happened to break her foot. >> reporter: back on campus, fellow students are hoping for the best outcome for nick. he is a junior and is planning to major in business. >> i know about three or four of the students that are there
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right now. they happened to post on facebook saying they're safe. they are part of my fraternity. >> shocked, dismayed, profound sadness. um, it's a difficult time. >> reporter: nick's friends say they are hopeful he will be found safe. >> wherever you are, nick, police come home soon, dude. we miss you. >> reporter: i talked to nick's mother this morning over the phone. she is obviously very worried and very nervous. she says the u.s. embassy and also some relatives who happen to live in that area are now looking for nick. they are going from hospital to hospital. in the meantime, three uc- berkeley students have decided to come home early. they will be on a flight back here soon. live in uc-berkeley, i'm da lin, kpix 5. >> once again, french citizens here in the bay area are following news of another attack back home. a memorial of flowers and candles sits outside the french consulate not far from union square. last night, people showed up at the consulate. at one point, the group began
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singing the french national anthem. today donald trump used twitter to make it official that indiana governor mike pence is his vice-presidential candidate. pence waved to the crowd before wading through a mob of reporters outside trump tower in new york. the campaign's new logo is out. it's a matchup of the candidates ' initials woven into the america flag and trump's signature slogan is underneath. weijia jang is in cleveland where the countdown is on to the republican national convention and where security is tight. weijia. >> reporter: ken, the department of homeland security says right now there is no specific or credible threat to the convention. but government sources tell us that the plan for security is constantly evolving. the u.s. secret service is the lead agency on this but they are working with several other agencies including the cleveland police department that has 500 uniformed officers
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dedicated to patrolling the convention area. add to that about 2500 additional officers from across the country including california who will be here to assist. and all week long we have already seen k-9 units, mounted units, even bomb detecting robots in playing. [ signal breakup ] [ no audio ] >> reporter: donald trump announced his choice for vice president on twitter friday morning. he tweeted, i am pleased to announce that i have chosen governor mike pence as my vice- presidential running mate. news conference tomorrow at 11 a.m. delegates already in cleveland for next week's republican convention described him as a stabilizing pick for an unpredictable candidate. >> i think this is going to give him a lot of credibility with conservatives in our party, particularly the social conservatives. >> reporter: hillary clinton's campaign manager called pence's social and economic conservative background extreme. he says pence is known for supporting discriminatory policies and failed economic policies that favor millionaires and corporations
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over working families. trump had been scheduled to make the pence announcement in person friday but postponed it after the terror attack in nice, france saying it would be inappropriate. >> this is war! if you look at it, this is war! coming from all different parts. >> reporter: trump says extreme vetting needs to be applied before allowing any muslims to enter the u.s. from countries where terrorists operate. while clinton calls for an intelligence search to find attackers before they strike. >> this is, um, a war, um, against, um, these terrorist groups, the radical jihadist groups. it's a different kind of war. we need to be smart about how we wage it. >> reporter: craig boswell, cbs news, the white house. >> kpix 5 political analyst melissa caen is headed to ohio for the republican national convention. you can look for her live reports from cleveland beginning on monday right here on kpix 5. back now to some breaking news out of turkey. soldiers have taken over the tv stations and this is video from
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the main international airport in istanbul which is a hub for travelers going to and from the u.s., middle east, africa and india. >> there is a turkish airlines flight scheduled to take off from sfo to istanbul 45 minutes from now. sharon chin is at sfo for us and sharon, do you know if that flight is going to take off? >> reporter: well, so far yes, we're here at the turkish airlines ticket counter and there's some concern and confusion because that flight is still scheduled to leave for istanbul just after 6:00 tonight. many travelers have heard that the airport is closed and that flights are diverted elsewhere but we have also heard a report that only turkish airlines flights are landing in istanbul. travelers here say that turkish airlines is still flying and some people are trying to switch their flights to avoid that turkey stopover en route to places like india, tel aviv and spain. we talked to some passengers relatives who can't change flight plans so they are still
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scheduled for a connection in istanbul. >> we are quite scared and we don't know what's going to happen. but no one can tell us -- ask what's going on so we have to, you know, trust the company and whatever they tell us. >> i'm very nervous. my mother is traveling and i don't -- i'm not comfortable but, you know, what can we do? because they're not going to he refund the ticket or anything. if they're flying, they're flying. >> reporter: turkish airlines flight from istanbul landed at sfo about an hour ago. passengers found out about the coup on the plane. that flight is now scheduled to turn around and leave for istanbul at 6:10 tonight. live at sfo, sharon chin, kpix 5. in other news a funeral today for alton sterling, the man shot and killed by police in louisiana. friends family and activists turned out to mourn the 37-year- old father. jesse jackson and al sharpton encouraged unity. his death sparked protests over
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police violence. but more protests are planned throughout the weekend. a number of protests are planned tonight right here in the bay area. a couple dozen people are in downtown oakland right now. we are looking at live pictures from chopper 5. they are marching peacefully around city hall, federal building, oakland police headquarters. we have seen them respect traffic signals. protestors also meeting at civic center plaza in san francisco. we have crews on the ground at both protests. we'll let you know if anything happens. bay area police searching for a man wielding a machete. >> the group of people that he is targeting coming up. >> plus, a scary first for the zika virus. the new way the disease is spreading here in the u.s. >> and consumerwatch reporter julie watts on the new way to cancel pricy subscriptions that you didn't even know you had. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
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camp. residents of the camp say he's been slashing their tents.. making them unlivable. kpix 5 r a man with a machete is terrorizing a homeless camp. residents of the camp say he has been slashing their tents making them unlivable. kpix 5 reporter len ramirez is live outside the camp. you say there's a hunch about who is behind this. right? >> veronica, the homeless people i spoke with today are pretty sure it was somebody associated with or an employee of caltrans. caltrans says it did an internal investigation and says it wasn't them. this shredded tenth is the work of a mysterious man homeless campers are calling machete jack. so named because he uses a long sword-like blade on their tents. >> like a house burned down or burglarized. >> reporter: scott has been
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camping besides interstate 280 at meridien says his $200 tent was slashed in several places making it unusable. >> now i'm stuck with no roof at all and just -- just kind of feel beat down and, you know, um, defeated. >> reporter: homeless people in at least three locations near 280 have reported their tents were slashed including one man who said his bike tires were slashed, too. who is machete jack? >> he didn't just start slashing. he grabbed the post and everything, he yanked the poles down. >> reporter: philly russell claims to have seen him in action and says he is a rogue caltrans worker. >> salt and pepper beard and hair, usually wearing his caltrans vest. >> reporter: caltrans denies he works with them and says workers are always with a chp officer when they clear freeway campsites. caltrans says its workers follow procedures and post notices like this one giving 72 hours warning. whoever this man is, he is taking what little the homeless have left. >> they have already lost their
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dignity and now you're just making it worse. >> reporter: now, could this be homeless on homeless vandalism? that is a possibility but homeless advocates say while there's stealing that goes on between people at different camps there's a rule of the streets that's not to damage or take anyone's shelter. reporting live in and a, len ramirez, kpix 5. new at 5:00 if you are passing through sunnyvale on the way home, you could be in for a pretty rough commute tonight. this massive sinkhole opened up on the lawrence expressway. you can see the sinkhole carved out a huge chunk of the middle lane there. drivers are being asked to avoid that area as crews work on some emergency repairs for the next few hours. a new finding on the zika virus. for the first time we know of a woman who infected a man through sex. there have been previous cases of sexual transmission but until now, it always originated with men. this time a woman in her 20s
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returned to new york city from a zika-affected country then had sex with a man who had not traveled outside of the u.s. this year. >> they had sexual intercourse just before she began to develop symptoms and we know that this is a time when people infected with zika are reaching the highest levels of virus in their blood. >> the majority of people infected with zika do not show symptoms. there has not yet been a confirmed case of zika infection by mosquito here in the u.s. it's the way a lot of businesses work these days. you buy something online and you end up enrolled in a subscription plan. >> julie watts on how to cancel subscription you might not realize you have. >> reporter: for walt landers it was diet pills. >> like what the heck is this? >> reporter: marilyn, free shipping. >> the dollar total about $260. >> reporter: both were surprised to find a one-time
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purchase was a reoccurring subscription. >> the average number of subscriptions per person doubled over 18 months. >> reporter: the founder of true bill a company that helps users find and cancel subscriptions they forgot about, no longer need or never knew they signed up for to beginning with. from software to raise blades more and more companies are moving to subscription model and in some cases you may not realize you subscribed. >> this is the checkout page. >> reporter: some offer discounts to so-called vips, code for members with subscriptions. you may be charged monthly whether you buy something or not. >> what you thought whats a $25 a month purchase becomes $50. >> reporter: you can cancel when you can cancel but it's not easy. >> it's difficult to cancel it it. >> reporter: this service scours accounts for reoccurring charges and cancels the ones
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you don't want. newspapers and gyms tend to be the hardest to cancel while in flight wi-fi and credit monitoring topped through bill's user list of surprise subscriptions. his advice? pay attention before clicking purchase or you may pay again and again. now, california law requires that companies disclose the terms of automatic renewals in larger and contrasting type. something both these companies do in their terms of service which many users don't read. true bill says it saves its average user $500 a month. in the newsroom, julie watts, kpix 5. always free of charge. there is no monthly subscription for our forecast which includes a change that began today. it's going to get going over the weekend. i'll have the weekend forecast coming up. >> and coming up, all new at 6:00 tonight an unusual solution to a dangerous street where a teen jogger was killed.
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why a bay area city is raising the speed limit to make it safer. ,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
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things cooling off this weekend finally. >> the fan is back on. so we got that ocean chilly right now. some friends who went to the beach said, yeah, about 4 seconds the toe went in, ran right out. it's 53, 54 degrees right at the beach about 52 offshore. so when the ocean breeze returns it's going to be chilly. san francisco you never warmed up. you're currently 62 and the fog is rolling back n livermore 90 but that's 10 degrees cooler than yesterday. so the cooldown has begun. concord 89. san jose perfect. 79 degrees. oakland 69. santa rosa 76. the first pitch tonight at the a's became is being thrown out by kpix 5's roberta gonzales. they could have used her in the bullpen last weekend in houston. they are playing the blue jays tonight at home starting the second half of the season. low clouds and cool in oakland. 62 degrees bring a jacket if you are heading to the a's game to watch roberta and the a's
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tonight. san jose 57 overnight. vallejo 57. concord cloudy tomorrow morning. 56. and absolutely cloudy for both san rafael and san francisco 55 degrees. why? well, the answer is simple. the ocean didn't change temperature just the past couple of days. we have not received a strong ocean flow. but it's back tomorrow. i'll show you why in a second. i'm here to tell you that it is here. up and down the 680 corridor in napa, travis air force base, not 100. not 90. more like 82, 83, 84. the 90s are gone for now and likely gone for about a week because that ocean flow is back. there are actually two reasons why. remember that big ridge of high pressure to our south? gone, done. we have a building area of low pressure skirting right by the washington state canadian border toward calgary. that guy even though it's so far away from us is really cranking up a counterclockwise flow onshore flow for us and there's a ridge of high pressure over my shoulder here. that's building over the ocean. that is enhancing the onshore flow. those two teaming up to bring back the ocean breeze and as long as the ocean breeze continues, we'll stay foggy at the coast and we'll stay
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relatively cool away from the water. tomorrow morning, a foggy start. anywhere along the beach from santa cruz all the way north as to sonoma and then tomorrow afternoon, yeah, the fog burns back but temperatures will be much cooler because the onshore flow has returned. so we are milder away from the water this weekend and near the water you never really got that warm but you'll even trend downward, too. san francisco 65 tomorrow. some afternoon sunshine for you. oakland 70. livermore 8 8. you're done with the 90s. napa 82. santa rosa tomorrow 78 degrees. 5 degrees cooler sunday. and once we get cool we'll say relatively cool. 80s low 90s inland. and 60s to low 70s near the bay. should be a nice weekend to get outside. the heat is gone. more news coming up. ,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
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mcdonalds don't want anyone watching porn on their wifi. mcdonalds has been putting filters on which sites customers can browse. the anti-porn group "enough is enough" pressu every. stab bucks and mcdonald's don't watch anyone watching porn on their wi-fi. mcdonald's han about putting filters on which sites they can browse. the antiporn group enough is enough pressured starbucks to do the same. the group calls pornography a public health crisis. both starbucks and mcdonald's released statements saying, they are committed to providing a safe environment for all customers. that's it for kpix 5 news at 5:00. the "cbs evening news with scott pelley" is next. >> and scott of course will have much more on the military coup in turkey. and the bastille day attack and the investigation in france. see you at 6:00. area city plans to mak dangerous street safer by
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raising the speed limi captioning sponsored by cbs >> pelley: breaking news in turkey. the military is attempting to overthrow the government of a key u.s. ally in a volatile region. also tonight... >> i saw the truck smashing a girl under. >> pelley: the death toll rises in france. among the victims, five americans, including a father and son from texas. and we'll hear from donald trump's new running mate. this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: this is our western edition. tanks have opened fire in turkey's largest city, istanbul, a city of 14 million. military helicopters have opened fire in the capital city ankara.

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